Tools

We have a broad range of tools to help with everything from benchmarking costs to choosing the perfect varieties of cereals for your farm. Take a look at the list below and keep checking back, as we add new tools regularly.

FARMBENCH

Farmbench helps you to understand and compare your full costs of production at both enterprise and whole-farm level.

MACHINERYCOSTING

CALCULATOR

Calculate the cost of farm machinery, per hectare or per hour, with this simple calculator.

RL interactive

An interactive version of the tables published as part of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL).

RL app

RL cereals and oilseeds variety data delivered to your fingertips.

RL variety selection tool

Navigate RL trial data and identify cereal and oilseed varieties for your unique situation.

Variety blend tool for winter wheat

Use this tool to select three-way or four-way mixes for on-farm testing.

BYDV management tool

Time your cereals insecticide sprays for aphid/BYDV control with greater accuracy.

Phoma leaf spot forecast

Temperature and rainfall information is used to simulate disease development.

Sclerotinia infection risk tool

See the extent of risk of sclerotinia infection of oilseed rape crops in your area.

Mycotoxin rainfall risk tool

Calculate rainfall-related mycotoxin risk assessment scores automatically.

Cover Crops Guide (species selection tool)

Assess the suitability of cover crop species.

Soil health scorecard

Create an at-a-glance snapshot of soil health.

Establishment approach assessment tool

Indicates where a change in management approach might be beneficial.

Excess winter rainfall tool

How to use excess winter rainfall data to plan nitrogen applications.

Seed rate conversion tool

Calculate the kg/ha of cereal seed you require based on seed rate and the thousand grain weight.

Nitrogen fertiliser adjustment calculator

Use this tool to establish the economic optimum amount of nitrogen to apply to cereal and/or oilseed crops.

Organic materials value calculator

This tool can account for the nutrient value from various organic materials in specific situations.

Crop net margin sensitivity analysis tool

Check how your crop net margins could be impacted by different crop yields and prices.

Bluetongue vaccination cost calculator (beef)

Calculate how much it will cost to vaccinate your beef cattle against bluetongue virus.

Bluetongue vaccination cost calculator (dairy)

Calculate how much it will cost to vaccinate your dairy cattle against bluetongue virus.

Bluetongue vaccination cost calculator (sheep)

Calculate how much it will cost to vaccinate your sheep against bluetongue virus.

Beef and sheep cash flow template

This comprehensive spreadsheet will help you to manage your money.

Dairy Antimicrobial Usage (AMU) Calculator

A calculator to evaluate antibiotic use across your farm and identify areas for potential reduction.

Electronic medicine book for pigs

The electronic medicine book for pigs (eMB-Pigs) enabling the industry to record more accurate on-farm antibiotic usage data.  

Medicine Hub

A multi-species data hub for dairy, beef and lamb producers to collate, report and compare their medicine use:

Milk forecasting calculator

Understand how changes to herd size, yields or calving patterns affect your milk production.

Milk price calculator

Input farm-specific data and see where changes can be made to improve the milk price on your current contract.

Recommended Grass and Clover Lists

Explore the varieties on the Recommended Grass and Clover lists for England and Wales, looking at attributes such as yield, persistency, quality and disease resistance.

There is also a Handbook available in our knowledge library.

Semen usage calculator

By selectively using sexed semen to breed replacement heifers from your best cows, you can reduce rearing costs by only rearing the heifers you need.

Sheep antimicrobial usage tool

This calculator is designed to provide an estimation of antimicrobial usage.

Slurry Wizard

Work out slurry storage requirements, explore options and comply with regulations.

Virtual beef and lamb programmes

See a computer-generated animal change conformation and fat class from every angle.

Cost benefit calculator for nitrogen fertiliser use on grassland

Use this tool to work out the cost versus the benefit of applying nitrogen fertiliser to grassland.

Including beef cattle in an arable rotation - Costings calculator

This calculator will take you through the various costs that need to be considered from fencing infrastructure to establishing a ley and rearing cattle. You can also estimate the potential margin from the cattle.

Soil health scorecard

Create an at-a-glance snapshot of soil health.

Livestock feed blend calculator

This simple tool helps you calculate the cost, energy and protein density of home blends.